Literary Criticism
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Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon
$34.00 Add to cartNobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved, Toni Morrison, investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious
In- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217287772
- Language: English
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The Heroes of Tolkien
$15.99 Add to cartA compendium of the greatest heroes of Middle-earth, all in one volume.
J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional world of Middle-earth is filled with great heroes who rose in the face of crisis to shape the cours- Series: Tolkien Illustrated Guides #4
- Author: Day, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1684120950
- Language: English
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Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
$23.99 Add to cartOne of the most prolific and popular authors in the world today, Stephen King has become part of pop culture history. His best-selling novels such as Carrie, It, Christine, and many others have captur
- Author: Rogak, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0312603509
- Language: English
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Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
$21.00 Add to cartFrom rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure featuring “your favorite author’s favorite authors” (Today)–the women who inspired Jane Austen–that… [more below]
- Author: Romney, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1982190256
- Language: English
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Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway
$39.95 Add to cartThe multifaceted, cubist, and comprehensive perspective of Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway appears on the fortieth anniversary of Meyers’s magisterial biography of Hemingway. This approach ha… [more below]
- Author: Meyers, Jeffrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0807185094
- Language: English
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Between Interpretation and Imagination: C. S. Lewis and the Bible
$38.99 Add to cartA New Testament scholar illuminates C. S. Lewis’s writings on the Bible
In this highly original study, New Testament scholar Leslie Baynes illuminates C. S. Lewis’s writing on the Bible. She reveals ne
- Author: Baynes, Leslie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0802874002
- Language: English
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World of Tolkien Seven-Book Boxed Set
$100.00 Add to cartThis striking collection of seven books with specially designed spines and illustrated page edges encompasses the myriad lands and inhabitants of Middle-earth.
Discover the vast and enchanting world o- Author: Day, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1792
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1667212214
- Language: English
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A Treasury of Yiddish Stories: Revised and Updated Edition
$30.00 Add to cartFifty-two Yiddish short stories describe life in the shetl and other aspects of the Jewish experience, and include works produced by Jewish writers during the last two centuries.
- Author: Howe, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: December 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0140144196
- Language: English
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Exile’s Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s
$20.00 Add to cartThe adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed “the lost generation”, are brought to life in this book of prose works. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Cr… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics
- Author: Cowley, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140187766
- Language: English
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Faeries, Sprites & Malevolent Spirits: An Anthology of Classic Poetry & Stories
$10.99 Add to cartA captivating collection of dark poetry and prose, perfect for fans of gothic romantasy and twisted horror.
Step into the enchanting realm of Faeries Sprites & Malevolent Spirits, where the exquisite- Author: Thorne, Aurora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0753735644
- Language: English
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The Book of Rain
$25.00 Add to cartThe contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by early Arabic ling… [more below]
- Author: Al-Anṣārī, Abū Zayd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798891060364
- Language: English
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Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress
$29.00 Add to cartIn this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind.
With her thirtieth birthd- Author: David, Cazzie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1250357632
- Language: English
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Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas about Women
$27.99 Add to cartThe dangerous belief that granting women reproductive freedom poses a threat to “traditional” values is a myth that has long prospered in American politics, playing an especially vicious role in the d
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1324075902
- Language: English
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Early Poems
$18.00 Add to cartBeloved American poet Robert Frost’s first three books, in one collection
This volume presents Frost’s first three books, masterful and innovative collections that contain some of his best-known poems- Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
- Author: Frost, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 1998
- ISBN10: 014118017X
- Language: English
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Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgment
$18.99 Add to cartA landmark of twentieth-century criticism that provided new standards and new techniques for examining literature. “Richards is a master of the psychology of criticism” (Saturday Review). Index.
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- Author: Richards, Ivor a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 22 2000
- ISBN10: 0156736268
- Language: English
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
$11.99 Add to cart‘It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.’
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) proclaims that it is ‘A Trivial Play for Serious People’. In fact, coll- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 12 2025
- ISBN10: 019284802X
- Language: English
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The World of Leonard Cohen
$35.00 Add to cartLeonard Cohen’s artistic career is unique. Most poets and novelists do not become rock stars. No other rock star’s career peaked in their eighth decade as Leonard Cohen’s did. Cohen’s popularity is st… [more below]
- Author: Shumway, David R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 29 2026
- ISBN10: 1009350595
- Language: English
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
$14.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with sc- Series: Pelican Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0140714642
- Language: English
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Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on Tiktok
$28.00 Add to cartAs a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of approximately 45 million functionally illiterate Americans. However, a… [more below]
- Author: James, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1454959401
- Language: English
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Working Days: The Journals of the Grapes of Wrath
$24.00 Add to cartJohn Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath during an astonishing burst of activity between June and October of 1938. Throughout the time he was creating his greatest work, Steinbeck faithfully kept a jo… [more below]
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0140144579
- Language: English
